Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar Quotes
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Hatha Yoga teaches us to use the body as the bow, asana as the arrow, and the soul the target.
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Our flawed mechanisms of perception and thought are not a cause for grief, but an opportunity to evolve, for an internal evolution of consciousness that will also make possible, in a sustainable form, our aspirations toward what we call individual success and global progress.
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This practice of yoga is to remove the weeds from the body so that the garden can grow.
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Spirituality is not some external goal that one must seek, but a part of the divine core of each of us, which we must reveal.
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You exist without the feeling of existence.
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The body has to be invaded by the intelligence; each part has to become intelligent.
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Yoga is an art, a science and a philosophy. It touches the life of man at every level, physical, mental, and spiritual. It is a practical method for making one's life purposeful, useful and noble.
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Why think of liberation at some future time? Liberation is in the little things, here and now.
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The ultimate goal of yoga is to realize the brilliance of your soul.
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It is not yoga that injures, but the way one does yoga that leads to injury.
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Learning is as much an art as teaching
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You must purge yourself before finding faults in others. When you see a mistake in somebody else, try to find if you are making the same mistake. This is the way to take judgment and to turn it into improvement.
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Balance in the body is the foundation for balance in life.
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We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.
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We can wash the skin of our bodies with a bath, but through asana practice we not only purify our blood and cells, we are cleansing the inner body as we practice.
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I don’t bring yesterday’s poses to today’s practice. I know yesterday’s poses, but when I practice today I become a beginner. I don’t want yesterday’s experience. I want to see what new understanding may come in addition to what I felt up to now.
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If you practice yoga every day with perseverance, you will be able to face the turmoil of life with steadiness and maturity.
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Nothing is achieved by a mind that doubts
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Love begets courage, moderation creates abundance and humility generates power
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There is only one reality, but there are many ways that reality can be interpreted.
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Your body is the child of your soul.
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We are creatures that are designed for continual challenge. We must grow or we begin to die....So just standing still isn't really an option. We have to move on. If not, disturbances will come.
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Intellectuals tend to be arrogant. Intelligence, like money, is a good servant but a bad master. When practicing pranayama, the yogi [makes] himself humble and without pride in his intellectual attainments.
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A yogi's brain extends from the bottom of the foot to the top of his head